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Phoenix “vigilante killings”: dozens march to police station demanding judicial inquiry

“I saw so much hate in people’s eyes as they beat me up”

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News | 16 August 2021

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PRASA has left East Rand train stations in ruins

“What happened in the recent looting around the country is almost similar to what we saw here”

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News | 13 August 2021

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Activists impatient with long wait for promised social housing

City of Cape Town says national government slow to release “well-located” land for affordable housing

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News | 12 August 2021

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Small businesses in Gauteng may never open again after July riots

Shopkeepers say they are unlikely to be able to access relief funds

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News | 12 August 2021

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Mother without ID struggles for years to enrol children at school

The departments of Home Affairs and Social Development are currently helping the Kuilsriver family

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News | 12 August 2021

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Some people haven’t received their disability grants since the start of the year

Frustrated temporary disability grant beneficiaries say SASSA offices are not coping

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News | 11 August 2021

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Draft Cape Town by-law could see land occupiers fined or imprisoned for up to two years, fear housing activists

Treating occupiers as criminals fails to recognise that the vast majority of people are forced to take land, says Ndifuna Ukwazi

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News | 11 August 2021

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Covid-19: A glimpse behind the scenes at Groote Schuur Hospital

Doctors describe innovation, adaptation - and despair

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News | 11 August 2021

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Makana municipality insists these toilets have been fixed and are in use. But there’s a padlock on the gate

Taxi drivers, commuters, and vendors complain

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News | 11 August 2021

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No major setbacks for social grant payments in areas hit by riots

SASSA says many buildings it used were damaged and electronic equipment looted

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News | 10 August 2021

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Elderly people waited in vain for hours for vaccines at Gqeberha site

Health department excuse is nonsense, according to researcher tracking vaccine supply

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News | 10 August 2021

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Home Affairs to renew Angolan Special Permit as deadline looms

Online application at the Visa Facilitation Services expected to start on 16 August and could take eight weeks to process

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News | 6 August 2021

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Families living along Cape Town railway line to be resettled

Court rules that the land occupiers must get basic services on new land

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News | 6 August 2021

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EFF march in Phoenix: stones thrown and insults hurled at residents

Law enforcement and march marshals were quick to contain the situation

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News | 6 August 2021

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No water means no service: Hundreds turned away at Gqeberha labour office

The department advised people to visit the Kariega branch or use their online services

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News | 6 August 2021

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Rural families battle to get water although they live near a dam

“How unfair is that? It’s a joke,” says resident

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News | 6 August 2021